Fourteen teams are competing in KBC's annual Firecracker Tournament, which continues through Sunday at Lee Johnson Field and other local fields. Ten teams are competing in the 13/14-year-old division, including KBC's all-star teams. In the 14/15 division the KBC all-stars and the Kirkland Klouters, are competing with two Snohomish squads.
Round-robin play will determine which teams move on to play in Sunday's semifinal and final games. Please come out and support these terrific teams. And while you're here be sure to patronize the PK Cafe at Lee Johnson Field. You'll have a great meal, and you'll be helping KBC continue to provide quality baseball in Kirkland.
Finally, when you're in Kirkland Saturday be sure to stay for the city's fireworks show on the waterfront. You can view it from Marina Park or any number of vantage points along the lakefront. Expect heavy traffic in the downtown area Saturday.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE AND SCORES
Congratulations to the following players who will represent KBC in the Pony Baseball all-star play:
COLT: Taylor Dantini, Risan; Scott Engberg, Klouters; Will Hanson, Klouters; Zach Hesson, NWAG; Nick Johnson, NWAG; Zach Johnson, NWAG; Brick Kawabata, NWAG; Cory Keierleber, NWAG; Eric Kelly, Fire; Max Lawrence, Klouters; Trey McMullen, Fire; Chris Miret, NWAG; Jeremy Parkhurst, NWAG; Jordan Roeseler, NWAG; Daycen Schmidtke, Risan; Jake VanWolvelaere, Klouters; Dan Veldee, NWAG; Zach Zanassi, Fire.
14-YEAR-OLD TEAM: Avery Britton, Burgermaster; Tim Roetcisoender, AWR; Jake Sleder, Amanda Tsujikawa, Conner Rusch, Kyle Buchanan-Scifres, Jake Michajla, Danny Atkins, Sean Brennan, Alex Read, Chad Foster, Ty Eng, Derek Gibbon, Brian Wingender, all from Lee Johnson Olympic.
13-YEAR-OLD TEAM: Nick Walker, Lukas VanHeise, Anthony Muro, Sean Nelson, Jacob Jones, TJ Olsen, Connor McLaughlin, Rylan Parmenter, Chase Keierleber, Rasik Parikh, Karsen Rogers, CJ Sockler and Joey Tennyson.
Our thanks to all the players who tried out for the teams.
KBC's 2009 City Championship tournament was dedicated to Tom Bishop, a longtime umpire and friend to baseball in Kirkland. Tom passed away in March. Above, the Bishop family, including his wife Sharon, and members of the Eastside Umpires Association gather at home plate to honor this wonderful man. We miss, you Tom.
KBC's annual City Championships concluded Sunday with the following results:
PONY CASCADE: AWR was pushed to a final deciding game by a determined Shinstrom Norman team. AWR pulled away in the final game for a 21-12 win for the championship. Shinstrom had won the first game Sunday, 5-2, to force the final and deciding game of the double-elimination tournament.
PONY P-13: White Swan emerged the winner over the Steelhead, 15-5, in the final game for the championship. Teams in our Pony Cascade, Pony Olympic/P-13 and Colt divisions are competing.
COLT: As in the Pony Cascade division, a second final game was required to determine the winner of the double-elimination tournament. In the end the Kirkland Fire won the finale, defeating the Klouters after being pushed to the limit in a hard-fought tournament.
Congratulations to the winners and all the competing teams for a terrific tournament and a successful season. We look forward to seeing all of you next season.
Kirkland Life Chiropractic, KBC's entry in the Palomino Division, has started its season. The team's schedule is available by following the "SCHEDULE/SCORES" link in the left-hand navigation column of this page.
Palomino is for players ages 17-18. Kirkland Life will play against from teams throughout the area, as close as Bothell and as far away as Mukilteo, Seattle and Maple Valley.
FIRECRACKER TOURNAMENT
Now through Sunday, July 5. See COMPLETE SCHEDULE.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Next regularly scheduled meeting: Thursday, July 16, 7 p.m., Rose Hill Fire Station. The board's regular meetings are on the third Thursday of the month, 7 p.m., at the fire station. Meeting dates are subject to change.
